County of Cook v. Calumet & Chicago Canal & Dock Co.

I concede that where a circuit court renders a final judgment upon insufficient evidence, the only mode of correcting the error is by preserving the evidence in a bill of exceptions, and then taking the record, by appeal or writ of error, before the proper appellate tribunal for review. The circuit court retains no jurisdiction over a case after the expiration of the term at which final, judgment is rendered, and hence has no jurisdiction, after that term, to correct it in a matter of substance. But a final judgment is one that puts an end to the suit, at least until it shall be reversed or…